In 1974 New Zealand
adopted an innovative new system for accident compensation, now called
the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, known by the
acronym ACC. This web resource draws together
materials on the development of the ACC scheme held in the University of
Auckland library system as well as selected internet resources.
NOTE : Some
resources on this page deeplink into the library's subscription
databases. These materials are available to University of Auckland
members via
Netaccount signon.
The
Woodhouse Report 
The ACC scheme was introduced as the outcome of the
deliberations in 1967 of the Royal Commission on Worker Compensation
chaired by Mr Justice Woodhouse (now the Right Honourable Sir Owen
Woodhouse). View
The History of ACC in New Zealand
by The ACC.
The Royal Commission's published findings were
known as The Woodhouse Report:
In the 2007 New Year's Honours list Sir Owen
Woodhouse was made an Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand.
View
NZ Herald article.
Australian Woodhouse Report
In the early 1970's the Australian Government
commissioned Sir Owen Woodhouse to head the National Committee of
Inquiry on Compensation and Rehabilitation in Australia. It
prepared a proposal to reform that country’s compensation scheme:
- Australia. National Rehabilitation and
Compensation Scheme Committee of Inquiry. (1974-1975). Report of
the National Committee of Inquiry on Compensation and
Rehabilitation in Australia. Canberra: Govt. Printer. 3 v.
Also published in Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers
1974, vol. 2 no.s 100 &135 [Not held AU]
- Australian Council of Social Service.
Standing Committee on Economics and Social Welfare., & Smith, P.
(1975).
The philosophy of the bill : compensation and rehabilitation in Australia
. Sydney: Australian Council of Social Service.
UK
- (1978). The Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Liability
and Compensation for Personal Injury (The Pearson Commission). (Cmnd. 7054).
NZ ACC
Legislation and Case Law
Current Legislation
- Accident Compensation Act 2001
- via
Brookers Online. Use this link to also view amendments to the
statute, subordinate legislation (regulations), forms and
precedents, case law and related commentary
Repealed Legislation
Administration
Case law
See also: Davis Law
Library New Zealand Case Law resources
Legal Commentary
Books
/ Government publications
Suggested
Catalogue Subject Heading searches
Click on a heading
below to display an
index of subject headings in Voyager. Then click on a heading of interest to display a list of books
/ journals on that topic
Selected titles
- New Zealand. Accident Compensation Commission.
(1976).
Accident compensation in New Zealand.
Wellington: New
Zealand. Accident Compensation Commission. 6 vols
- Palmer, G. W. R. (1979).
Compensation for incapacity : a study of law and social change in New Zealand and Australia. Wellington :
Oxford University Press.
- New Zealand. Cabinet/Caucus Committee-Accident Compensation
Review. (1980). New Zealand Accident Compensation Scheme : a
review [D.F. Quigley, chairman]. Wellington, N.Z.: The
Committee. [Not held AU]
- New Zealand. Accident Compensation Commission. (1980).
Purpose-progress : accident compensation in New Zealand. Wellington:
The Commission.
- Accident Compensation Corporation (N.Z.). (1984).
A Bold experiment : ten years of accident compensation in New Zealand.
[Wellington, N.Z.]: Accident Compensation Corporation.
- Ison, T. G., & Accident Compensation Corporation
(N.Z.). (1985).
Accident compensation in New Zealand : future options.
[Wellington, N.Z.: Accident Compensation Corporation.
- New Zealand. Officials Committee of the Accident Compensation
Scheme. (1986).
Review by Officials Committee of the Accident Compensation Scheme.
Wellington, N.Z. : Office of the Minister of Labour. 2 v.
- New Zealand. Law Commission. (1987).
Accident Compensation Scheme : interim report on aspects of funding.
Wellington, N.Z. : New Zealand Law Commission.
[Fulltext online]
- New Zealand. Law Commission. (1988).
Personal injury : prevention and recovery : report on the accident compensation scheme.
Wellington, N.Z. : Law Commission.
- New Zealand. Royal Commission on Social Policy. (1988).
April report : report / of the Royal Commission on Social Policy.
Wellington, N.Z. : the Commission.
- Haarmeyer, D. (1989).
Accident compensation reform : an evaluation of the Law Commission’s report, Personal injury : prevention and recovery.
Wellington [N.Z.] : Economic Development Commission.
- New Zealand. Dept. of Labour. (1991).
Accident compensation : a fairer scheme
/ W.F. Birch. Wellington, N.Z. : New Zealand Government.
- New Zealand. Ministerial Working Party on The Accident
Compensation Corporation and Incapacity. (1991). Ministerial Working Party on The Accident Compensation Corporation and Incapacity : report.
Wellington, N.Z. : The Working Party.
- Harrison, R. (1993).
Matters of life and death : the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 and common law claims for personal injury. [Auckland, N.Z.] : Legal Research
Foundation.
- Trapski, P. J. (1994). Report of the inquiry into the
procedures of the Accident Compensation Corporation. N.Z.
: Peter Trapski. [Not held AU].
- Boston, J., St. John, S., & Dalziel, P. C.
(1999).
Redesigning the welfare state in New Zealand : problems, policies, prospects.
Auckland: Oxford University Press.
- Scheil-Adlung, X. (2001).
Building social security : the challenge of privatization..
New Brunswick, USA: Transaction Publishers. See Chapter 21
The Privatization of Accident Compensation in New Zealand by John
Miller
-
Personal injury litigation : a practical approach.
(2002). [presenters, Wendy Brandon ... [et al.]].
Wellington, N.Z. : New Zealand Law Society.
- Accident Compensation Corporation (N.Z.)
(2003).
New Zealand injury prevention strategy
Rautaki ārai whara o Aotearoa / Ruth Dyson, Minister for ACC. Wellington, N.Z. :
Accident Compensation Corporation.
-
Review of ACC medical misadventure : consultation document.
(2003). Wellington, N.Z. : ACC.
- Todd, S., & Hughes, J. (2005).
The law of torts in New Zealand
(4th ed.). Wellington, N.Z.: Brooker's. See Chapter 2, pp
17-53 and Chapter 3 pp 54-79 on Accident Compensation.
- Skegg, P. D. G., Paterson, R., Manning, J., & Brookbanks, W. J.
(2006).
Medical law in New Zealand. Wellington [N.Z.]: Thomson
Brookers. See Chapter 24, pp 679-723 on Treatment
injury and Medical Misadventure
- PriceWaterhouseCooper report Accident Compensation Corporation New Zealand: Scheme review, March 2008. [Fulltext online]
Theses and Dissertations
Use these preset catalogue searches to locate theses and dissertations in the library collection on ACC:
For further tips on
finding theses within New Zealand and overseas refer to the library
resource Theses
and Dissertations
Journal
articles
1960s |
1970s | 1980s on
| Victoria University of Wellington Law Review
Early materials are not indexed
through online databases.
For articles published prior to the mid 1980s
you are recommended to use the printed publication
Index to New Zealand periodicals
Materials from the mid-1980s are indexed
through online indexing and abstracting services. You are
recommended to search online indexing and abstracting
services to identify
materials published from this period
1960s
- Compensation or commiseration? (1968).
Labour and employment gazette,
18 (1), 5.
- Socialised insurance for New Zealand? (1968).
Economist,
228 (6516), xvii-xviii.
- Mathieson, D. L. (1968).
Royal Commission of Inquiry:
Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand.
The Modern law review,
31(5), 544-549.
- Poole, W. A. (1968). Compensation inquiry:
forward looking scheme urged.
New Zealand economist and taxpayer, 29 (10), 2-4.
- Szakats, A. (1968). Towards universal social
insurance? The report of the Commission of Inquiry on
compensation for personal injury.
Comment : a New Zealand quarterly review,
9 (3), 34-37.
- Royal commission to enquire into and report upon workers'
compensation [effects on Common Law rights & Social Security
system]. (1969).
Canterbury economic bulletin,
no. 529.
- Woodhouse report; a panel discussion [at N.Z. centennial law
conference]. (1969).
NZ law
journal, 10 (297-313).
- Anderson, S. L. (1969). Woodhouse report on compensation for
personal injury in New Zealand.
Auckland University law review,
1-15.
1970s
- Szakats, A. (1970). Reform of personal injury
compensation: the White Paper on the Woodhouse Report.
NZULR,
4, 139-156.
- Lemons, E.J. & McKenzie, P.D. (1972).
The Accident Compensation Bill: a descriptive analysis.
Accountants’ journal, 50, 444-449.
- Burn, J.F. (1973). Accident Compensation Act
1972: a symposium - a practitioner's view.
NZULR,
5, 392-395.
- Marks, K.H. (1973). A first in national no-fault - the
Accident Compensation Act 1972 of New Zealand.
Australian law journal,
47, 516-525
- Wilson, M.A. (1973). The Workers' Compensation Act 1956 and
The Accident Compensation Act 1972: a comparison.
NZULR,
5, 395-401.
- Clayton, W.G. (1974). The Accident Compensation Act - a
protest and prediction.
NZ law
journal, 185-188.
- Cochrane, D.J. (1974).
Personal Injury by Accident with regard to the Accident
Compensation Act 1972. VUWLRev, 7, 277-299.
- Eyre, K.E.D. (1974). Logic and illogic in sickness and social
welfare matters: the Accident Compensation Act 1972.
New Zealand medical journal,
79, 785-792.
- Graham, L.M. (1974). Social and economic changes reflected
in the Accident Compensation Act 1972.
NZ law
journal, 537-541.
- Harris, D.R. (1974).
Accident Compensation in New Zealand: A Comprehensive Insurance
System. The Modern Law Review, 37(4), 361-376.
- Willy, A.A.P. & Ryan, J.L. (1974). Personal
injury by accident: to define or not to define.
NZ law
journal, 405-409.
- Fahy, J.L. (1975). The Administration of the Accident
Compensation Act 1972.
Canterbury economic bulletin, no. 592.
- Heller, P.P. (1975). Accident compensation - aircraft
mishaps.
NZ
law journal, 15-24.
- Palmer, G. (1975). Compensating criminals.
NZ
law journal, 608-611.
- Vennell, M. (1975). Some Kiwi kite-flying.
NZ
law journal, 254-257.
- Willy, A.A.P. (1975). The Accident
Compensation Act and recovery for losses arising from personal
injury and death by accident.
NZULR,
6, 250-270.
- Willy, A.A.P. (1975). Personal injury by accident.
NZ
law journal, 770-778.
- Accident compensation - application of common law
principles. (1976).
NZ
law journal, 453-454.
- Palmer, G. (1976). Lump sum payments under accident
compensation.
NZ
law journal, 368-375.
- Palmer, G. (1977). Accident compensation and private
hospitals.
NZ
law journal, 50-54.
- Sutcliffe, F. (1977). Precedent and policy in accident
compensation.
NZULR,
7,305-324.
- Cochrane, D. (1978). Accident Compensation Amendments Acts
1977 and 1978.
NZ
law journal, 448-451
- Collins, D.B. (1978). Proceedings for punitive damages in
the regime of accident compensation.
NZ
law journal, 158-167.
- McKinney, J.B. (1978). Accident compensation scheme.
Canterbury economic bulletin,
no.622.
- McKinney, J.B. (1978). Occupational disease and accident
compensation.
NZ
law journal, 325-331.
- Palmer, G. (1978).
Accident compensation in New Zealand: the first two years.
American journal of comparative law, 25, 1-45.
- Szakats, A. (1978).
The re-emergence of common law principles in the New Zealand
accident compensation scheme. Industrial law journal, 7,
216-227.
- Burn, J. F. (1979). Accident compensation - a time for a
change?
Canterbury economic bulletin,
no. 635.
- Gaskins, R., Kronick, J.C. and Vosburgh, W.W. (1979).
Community responsibility for accident victims: changes in the
New Zealand welfare state.
Social Service Review, 53,
261-274.
- McInnes, R. D. (1979). Punishing the words of Section 5 (1) - the
other school of thought replies.
NZ
law journal, 8-12.
- Miller, J. (1979). Fatal claims under the Accident
Compensation Act 1972.
NZ
law journal, 173-182.
- Osborne, P. H. (1979). Informed consent to medical treatment
and the Accident Compensation Act 1972.
NZ
law journal, 198-201.
- Sandford, K. L. (1979). Five years of accident compensation.
New Zealand medical journal,
90, 257-258.
- Woodhouse, Sir Owen. (1979). Aspects of the accident
compensation scheme.
NZ
law journal, 395-405.
1980s on
- Bullock, K.I. (1980). Exemplary damages and the Accident
Compensation Act 1972. NZ
law journal, 215-216.
- Campbell, I. B. (1980). The cost of accident compensation.
Accountants’ journal,
59, 63.
- Fahy, J. L. (1980). The broad sweep of the A.C.C. [Accident
Compensation Commission].
New Zealand company director,
15(147), 16-19
- Sandford, K. L. (1980). Personal injury by accident.
NZ
law journal, 29-31.
- St John, S. (1980). Where's the logic in levies?
Listener,
94, (2094 Mar 1), 36-39.
- Woodhouse, Sir Owen.(1980).
Personal injury legislation in New Zealand. International
Labour Review. 119(3), 321-334.
- Palmer, G. (1980). What happened to the Woodhouse Report?
NZ
law journal, 561-572.
- St John, S. (1981). Safety incentives in the New Zealand
accident compensation scheme.
New Zealand economic papers,
15, 111-126.
- Palmer, G.
(1994).
New Zealand's Accident Compensation Scheme: 20 Years on. U Toronto
LJ 44, 223, 234-236.
NOTE: Materials from the mid-1980s are indexed
through online indexing and abstracting services
Victoria University of Wellington Law
Review
-
Victoria University of Wellington Law Review
contains many articles on the ACC scheme. Also fulltext on
NZLII.
Issues of note include:
-
Volume 34 (2) 2003) devoted to papers presented at a symposium
held at Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty, August 2-3,
2002 "Looking back at Accident Compensation: Finding Lessons
for the Future". Topics include The Origins of ACC; The 1970s
- Bringing ACC to Life; The 1980s - Consolidation and Challenges; The
1990s - Decade of Change; and Summary Panel
-
Volume 35 (4) 2005 contains the edited papers presented at the
symposium "The Future of Accident Compensation; New Directions and
Visions", held Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty, 5 and
6 December 2003
Databases
for article searching
See also: Scoop for press release material on ACC
Statistics
Research
/ government / advocacy groups
Conferences
/ Symposiums
1 September 2008 -
ACC Futures Seminar
Wellington - selected presentation materials
13 December 2007 - an ACC Group symposium
“Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand. Report of the Royal
Commission of Inquiry” was held to mark the 40th year after the
publication of the Woodhouse Report.
5,6 December 2003
The
Future of Accident Compensation: New Directions and Visions held
Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty.
Go to the 2004 issues of VUW Law Review and scan for articles in Volume 35 issue 4
http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/VUWLawRw/2004/
2,3
August 2002
Looking back at Accident Compensation: Finding Lessons
for the Future held Victoria University of Wellington Law
Faculty
Go to the 2003 issues of VUW Law Review and scan for articles in Volume 34 issue 2
http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/VUWLawRw/2003/
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